PLEASE BOOK EARLY THIS YEAR​(SEN LAW CONFERENCE)

This is an extract from myAutumn (Half) Term 2018/19 'SEN Update' entitled: “GOES TOUR, STAYS TOUR!"​​​that was released on 9th November 2018.

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As many people know, together with the IPSEA and Matrix, I helped put on the first new annual SEN Law Conference at the Law Society in Central London last March 2018.

You may recall that it was a specialist conference that provided legal and policy updates on all aspects of this fast-moving developing area of law and was aimed at professionals working with:

NGO’s and campaign groups;

parents/pupils/young people;

local authorities;

schools;

other public bodies;

IASS.

Speakers included representatives from the Department of Education, a Local Authority, the Local Government & Social Care Ombudsman, the SEND Tribunal etc., as well as IPSEA and Matrix.As this was a new annual SEN Law Conference for us, we were not sure how many people would want to attend, but we found that all the tickets had been sold for the 225 places, well before the conference itself was held in March 2018, so some people found that they could not attend and were disappointed. The SEN Law Conference is this year being held on Tuesday 5 March 2019, again in Central London. Although not all details are yet finalised, there will this year again be a great line up of speakers and SEND topics that will be covered.

Bearing in mind that we were booked up early last year and also listening to feedback we received, we have moved the conference to a larger venue this year at Prospero House, which has more space, better facilities and can accommodate more people. We are also launching the conference earlier this year, to give people more time to book. May I therefore suggest that, if you want to come, you book a place as soon as possible, to avoid disappointment. It really is already a must-attend event for anyone concerned with SEN.

I am very excited about this conference again - as I said last year, I would attend it, even if I was not helping to organise it!

With best wishes

Douglas

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